I can understand when a message appears stating that your soldier has panicked, gone berserk, or became unconscious. However, I think this is too much information when given about an alien, especially when it says "Sectoid Navigator panicked". It is one thing to know that it is a sectoid. A totally different thing to know that it is a navigator (or any other job type). I mean, do they walk with a "I am a navigator" sign on the forehead in English? I don't suppose there is a way to disable this?
Tactical combat messages
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, Oct 05 2009 11:18 AM
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Posted 05 October 2009 - 12:20 PM
Ask Seb, he should know how. 
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Posted 09 October 2009 - 01:12 PM
, he has a very good point 
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Posted 09 October 2009 - 02:32 PM
I added the option to disable panic messages to my loader. The camera should still move to any panicking unit, it can be disabled later if needed. I did not test it much so report problems if you find some.
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Posted 09 October 2009 - 03:12 PM
Thanks! I will try it later on today. Though I assume you did test the X-Com soldiers still work as expected?I added the option to disable panic messages to my loader. The camera should still move to any panicking unit, it can be disabled later if needed. I did not test it much so report problems if you find some.
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Posted 09 October 2009 - 03:28 PM
Aliens do wear name tags. Knock one out, check its body. Oh hey, it's a "Floater Navigator".
I think the alien ranks should only really be revealed with the mind probe or during mind control.
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I think the alien ranks should only really be revealed with the mind probe or during mind control.
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Posted 09 October 2009 - 03:57 PM
I agree. Or upon research, you find out that one of them was actually a navigator, etc.Aliens do wear name tags. Knock one out, check its body. Oh hey, it's a "Floater Navigator".
I think the alien ranks should only really be revealed with the mind probe or during mind control.
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Posted 12 October 2009 - 07:11 AM
This was tested successfully in one of my tactical missions yesterday. Some floater started shooting like crazy at the wall on the third level of a landed ship after I killed most of the crew. No message showed up. If there is a way to even disable the zoom (thereby giving you the alien's position), that would be great too.I added the option to disable panic messages to my loader. The camera should still move to any panicking unit, it can be disabled later if needed. I did not test it much so report problems if you find some.
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Posted 12 October 2009 - 11:59 AM
This can be arranged I think. I'll add it to the next version...This was tested successfully in one of my tactical missions yesterday. Some floater started shooting like crazy at the wall on the third level of a landed ship after I killed most of the crew. No message showed up. If there is a way to even disable the zoom (thereby giving you the alien's position), that would be great too.
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Posted 12 October 2009 - 01:40 PM
You da man!This can be arranged I think. I'll add it to the next version...This was tested successfully in one of my tactical missions yesterday. Some floater started shooting like crazy at the wall on the third level of a landed ship after I killed most of the crew. No message showed up. If there is a way to even disable the zoom (thereby giving you the alien's position), that would be great too.
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